Posted by med_empowered on March 10, 2005, at 6:15:45
In reply to risperidone+menorrhagia, posted by D minor on March 10, 2005, at 0:54:30
From what I've read, it would appear the Risperdal is the most side-effect heavy of the atypical antipsychotics, unless you count in clozapine (I don't b/c clozapine isn't nearly as popular). Anyway, the hormonal effects seem to be best handled by a) reducing the dose; b)switching to another atypical; c)if appropriate, using something besides an anti-psychotic in treatment. All the anti-psychotics have problems, but Risperdal seems to have more than most of the others...if you switch to an atypical, I'd recommend Abilify (no known cardiovascular ill-effects, no drowsiness, no prolactin elevation) or Geodon (not too much drowsiness, mild cardiovascular effects) as candidates. If, for whatever reason, you have to go with a conventional (read: old school) anti-psychotic, Loxapine seems to be a pretty good idea. Amoxapine (an anti-depressant that doubles as an anti-psychotic) is another old-school option that some researchers are now paying more attention to.
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